ISBN:
1526112450
,
9781526112453
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
Series Statement:
Gender in history
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Lightfoot, Dana Wessell Women, dowries and agency
DDC:
306.81094676
Keywords:
Wives Social conditions 15th century
;
Marriage History 15th century
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
;
Marriage
;
Wives ; Social conditions
;
HISTORY / Social History
;
History
;
Spain ; Valencia
Abstract:
This text examines labouring-status women in late medieval Valencia as they negotiated the fundamentally defining experience of their lives - marriage. Through the use of notarial records and civil court cases, it argues that the socio-economic and immigrant status of these women greatly enhanced their ability to exercise agency not only in choosing a spouse and gathering dotal assets, but also in controlling this property after they wed
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Permalink
